patent definition patent meaning and patent synonyms
noun
| Meaning 1 | a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention |
| Synonym | patent of invention |
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patent definition patent meaning and patent synonyms
noun
| Meaning 2 | an official document granting a right or privilege |
| Synonym | letters patent |
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patent definition patent meaning and patent synonyms
verb
| Meaning 1 | letters patent |
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| Usage | Should I patent this invention? |
patent definition patent meaning and patent synonyms
verb
| Meaning 2 | grant rights to; grant a patent for |
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patent definition patent meaning and patent synonyms
verb
| Meaning 3 | make open to sight or notice |
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| Usage | His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him |
patent definition patent meaning and patent synonyms
adjective
| Meaning 1 | (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage |
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| Usage | patent ductus arteriosus |
patent definition patent meaning and patent synonyms
adjective
| Meaning 2 | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment |
| Synonym | apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable |
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| Usage | the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields evident hostility manifest disapproval patent advantages made his meaning plain it is plain that he is no reactionary in plain view |
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